Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive.
This is a book weighty in content but accessible in tone, not an academic study of the mind, but a lived experience of the heart..
Reflecting on the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Church, to the world, and to the human person, Giver of Life looks to the impressive biblical and liturgical Tradition of Orthodox Christianity.
Ferns and flowers fade and die, but souls filled with this \'life from above\' flourish forever.
It is the life that transcends biological existence and flows from the very Godhead Itself; it is life that\'s a state of being--immortal, everlasting, changeless.
The splash of green foliage calls to mind not just life, but a special kind of life.
Oliver begins with Pentecost, an event uniquely celebrated in Orthodoxy as a time when greenery of all kinds is brought into churches.
Written with a poetic sensibility, Fr.
Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox Tradition and theology, Giver of Life articulates the identity of the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity as well as the role of the Holy Spirit in the salvation of the world.
Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive
